Costumer



Nov. 15, 1932- v H. J. HEALION 1,887,340

cos'rumnn Original Filed April 2. 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet '1 INVENTOR ATTORN EY Nov. 15, 1932. H. J. HEALION 1,387,340

- COSTUMER Original Filed Ag aril 2. 1930 :s Sheets-Sheet 2 mm... *Mulim INVENTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 15, 1932. H. J. HEALION coswumm Original Filed April 2. 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet s INVENTOR f/ug [flea/fan ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 15, 1932 men J. .HEA'LION, OFNEW 'YOBK, ,Nw.

Application fi1edzApri1'2,:1930, Serial No. 440,907. znenewsdmareh-zao;81932.

' illhis 'innentionrelates to :new andiuseful extra companylimpresentor when-.a.conferimprovements in clothes supports .and has particular reference to. those ,known as (costumers. i

:45 A;main.object 'of'the inventionis to provide .a simple compacmand efficient costumer which can be readily expanded to accommoi date'morearticles .ofclothing than ordinarily.

.A furtherobject'is toxprovideza simple'and ieflicient costumer which can be,r.eadily :ex-

.panded and closed with ease .and dispatch .anclwith the minimum ofefiort;

A still further object is .to provide a' costumer which will maintain its strengthand rigidity "even though it.is1opened-.and closed many times and will be firm and. strong when opened and supporting .a maximum number ofarticles of clothing.

costumer which can beiexpanded readily and yet which presentsthe usual appearance when closed and takes up no more than the vordinary amount of room when.closed.

Further and -more specific objects, :fea-

-tures,=and advantages will more clearlyappear :from the detailed description given -below when taken" in connection with the ac- *companying drawings which form part of the specification and which illustrate the 'present preferred form of the invention.-

"In its general contemplation, the inven: tion comprises a costumer which .is formed ofsections which can be'separated and-which are provided with clothes supporting elements extending between the separated sections and with means to hold the sections in their separated or spaced positions.

sections when disposed close together present the usual appearance ofa costumer andthe connecting and locking and holding-means are "then securely and snugly housed 1 within *suitable chambers or spaces-within the sections. The sections normally abut each other butcan be moved apart when a latch is released to permit suitable connecting elements to be stretched therebetween so as to afford additional space on which to support extra clothing when desired. Such a simple compact device is especially useful in small homes and apartments and in ofiices when ordinary amount of floor space.

of Fig.3;

A further object is to provide aesimple :of Fig. "-2-;

of :Fig; 2;

-.-ence is going on to .take-Ycare of the extra coats andfhats byz-meansofthis device a which when. not. so 7 used takes .upino .miore than the 'Thezpresent preferred forms of the invention arezillus'trated in thedrawmgsiofwhich,

Fig. 1 .is an-elevationof the costumer; V

Fig. :2 is .an elev tion'of the same .when expanded;

Fig. 13 isa vsection taken -onithegline 3-.-3 of Fig. 2; a V

Fig. 4 is a section-taken .on-thedine of Fig.2;

Fig. 5 .is a --section-.takenkon the line Fig. 6 is a'sectiontaken on the 1ine- 6- ''6 ofEig. 5;' V

Fig. 7 is asectionltakenron 'the line 7 -7 "Fig. 8 is. a section taken on the linez8,- 7

. .Fig. 9 is-an elevation in partiof one-section of a modified form of the costumer;

:Fig. 10 is a sidetelevation of a :portion of :theiauxiliary-clothes rack :when in {operative :positioma-nd Ofythfl formshown-inFigfl;

Fig. 11 is an underneath view of Fig...10.;

Fig. 12 isia sectionrtaken ion'thedine 12-42 ofFig. 9; 1 Fig-.13 =is= afront elevation of apart 0'f-. ;a

Fig. 1 4:;is ::a-section:taken onfithe line -1 4l4 of';Fig. 13 .and, 3 v a I Fig. 15 is a side view of the joint for oneend 0f (the :lower connecting anember. The

In the forms ashown :in the ;idrawings,:the present and rmost 1 preferred form of @the rinvent-ion comprises w hat ordinarily looksilike and as normally used ;is the r usual rcostumer as shown in *Fig. 1. This 1 device however is formed 'of-two sections; A and :B :which when {disposed abutting each other ihaveithe ;.ap- .pearance ofrone integralapostrdispwednver- :ti'eally and iPIOV-lilGClEWitlI the usualghooks 'ilO -for'clothes. -Adatchr1'1 holdszthese'sections :AiandEB- inrtheir normal clo'sedrelation.

:Whenxthese sections AhandiBiare however separated .an'drnmved to l the :positionsashown as 15 near the top of the section A. The other end of this auxiliary clothes bar 12 'is.pro vided with a cross pin 16 and lies within the upper end of a groove 17 in section B. This 1 pin 16 is normally received on hook members such as-18 and 19 on the lower ends of plates 20 and 21-disposed on the face of the section and is held thereon by an overlying spring latch 22. This latch 22 can be forced aside to permit the pin 16 to be moved off the hooks 18 and 19 and allow the end of the bar 12 to slide down in the groove 17 and swing around the pivot of the other end thereof when the sections are drawn close together. Thus the bar 12 willbe housed within the groove 17 when the sections are closed.

lie in the plane of the bar 12 but can be swung at right angles thereto. The upturned ends 1 when normally disposed lie in cut-away portions on'the lower face of the bar 12, as

shown in Figs. 5 and 6. They preferably swing in a horizontal plane when the bar is stretched across between the separated sections A and B.

Preferably the levers 13 and 14 are joined to brackets such as 25 disposed in the lower ends of the grooves such as 26 in the sections A and B.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the groove 17 is closed partly by means of strips such as 27. The lower ends of these strips 27 as shown in Fig. 2 are slightly spaced from the lower end of the groove 17 topermit the pin 16 to be withdrawn from the-groove 17 when desired. 2 I

As shown in Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 the auxiliary bar 12 may have a form of modified hanger such as 28 which moves in a vertical plane to depend from the lower face of the bar .12 when it is stretched across between the sectionsA and B as shown in Fig. 10. The hangers are in the forms'of yoke shaped hooks29 which at their upper ends are split into spaced portions 30 and 31 to straddle the bar 12. When disposed flat against the bar 12 they lie in cut away portions such as 32 shown in Fig. 10. When the bar 12 in this form is housed in the grooves 15 and 17 these grooves are naturally made somewhat wider than before. i

Inthe operation of the device, the sections A and B are assumed to be in the closed positionshown in Fig. 1 and it is desired to expand the costumer to provide room for more than the usual number of coats and hats. The latch 11 is released and the sections pulled apart. WVhen this is done the bar 12 at its free end with the pin 16 in the slot 17 will ride up in the slot until it reaches the hooks 18 and 19. The hand is then applied to lift the pin onto these hooks under the spring 22. The hangers on the bar 12 are then swung into operative 'ily and easily operated to afiord extra room for coats and hats when desired and which can be closed up to occupy the usual amount of floor space when not in use as an expanded costumer.

While the invention has been described in detail and with respect to a present preferred form thereof, it is not to be limited to such details andforms since many changes may be madeand the invention embodied in other forms and modifications without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention in its broadest aspects. Hence it is desired to cover any and all forms and modifications of the invention coming within the language or scope of any one or more of the appended claims. I 1

WVhat is claimed, is, f

1. A sectional costumer which comprises a pair of sections adapted normally to lie close to each other, means for latching the sections in their closed abutting position, said sections having abuttlng grooves in their ad- -jacent faces, a cross bar pivoted in the groove in one section and free to slide in the groove of the other section at the end thereof, means to latch the free end of the cross bar in a predetermined position in said groove, and fold-.

able levers disposed in the grooves near the bottom of the grooves to expand when the sections are separated and hold the sections in their separated positions.

. 2. .A sectional customer which comprises a grooved section, a bar having an end movable in sa1d. groove, apl'n on the end of said bar, hooks in sa1d groove to receive and support said pin and spring means disposed near said, hooks to hold the pin thereon.

Signed atNew York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 31st day of March A. D. 1930. v

a HUGH J. HEALION. 

